PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eron Saunders (ranked 1734 p4p, 1769 weight class) and Denis Mamaev (ranked 235 p4p, 241 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mamaev's choice of entrance music: 30 Seconds To Mars - Hurricane. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saunders
vs
Mamaev

194 cm
24
215
7 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
224
10 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

MKFC
Core Combat

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Denis Mamaev!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Saunders looks to land a right hand but Mamaev moved out of range.
Mamaev flicks out a counter leg kick but Saunders steps away.
Mamaev gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Saunders counter with a right hand.
Saunders lands a nice hook to Mamaev's body. Mamaev takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Saunders with a nice cross.
Mamaev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saunders.
We've been told by Saunders's head coaches at Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mamaev moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mamaev throws a leg kick but Saunders moved away.
Saunders ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Saunders throws an off balance right hand
letting Mamaev counter with a right hand.
A big left from Mamaev misses.
Saunders throws a lazy right hand but Mamaev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mamaev connects with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mamaev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Saunders misses.
Saunders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mamaev.
Saunders is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Mamaev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mamaev.
Saunders fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mamaev takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Eron Saunders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saunders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mamaev swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mamaev bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Saunders's head backwards.
Saunders jabs at Mamaev's body.
Saunders connects with the punch.
Mamaev throws an overhand right that lands on Saunders's shoulder, as Saunders tries to avoid the shot.
Saunders seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Saunders ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mamaev moves away.
Mamaev tries a quick counter leg kick but Saunders is wise to it.
Mamaev misses the body punch
and Saunders counters with a nice uppercut.
Saunders lands with a straight right. Mamaev didn't see that one coming.
Mamaev misses with an uppercut. Saunders saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saunders misses with a double jab.
Saunders on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Saunders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Saunders.
Saunders looks to land a right hand but Mamaev moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Saunders misses.
Saunders bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mamaev misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Saunders misses with a lunging right hand
and Mamaev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saunders jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saunders ducks right into an uppercut from Mamaev.
Mamaev shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Saunders listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mamaev works the jab nicely.
Saunders throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mamaev counters with a nice uppercut.
Saunders misses with a series of wild punches.
Saunders tries to move into range but Mamaev moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice shot lands for Saunders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Saunders is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Saunders swings for the body but Mamaev moves out of range.
Saunders tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mamaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Saunders.
Saunders throws out a loose jab but Mamaev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mamaev tries to move into range but Saunders moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Saunders tries to clinch there but Mamaev circles away.
Saunders misses with a straight left.
Saunders looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mamaev connects with a solid leg kick.
Saunders uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Saunders defending well as Mamaev loads up on a big left hand.
Saunders takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saunders throws a lazy right hand but Mamaev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mamaev looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mamaev goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Saunders drops his hands momentarily and Mamaev takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Saunders clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders throws a head punch that misses.
Saunders pushes Mamaev back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mamaev misses with some punches.
Mamaev misses with the head strike.
Saunders scores with a shoulder strike.
Saunders misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Saunders.
Mamaev misses with a punch on the inside.
Saunders tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mamaev's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saunders.

It looks like Denis Mamaev has been cut.
Mamaev misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saunders.
Mamaev struggles to land a body shot inside as Saunders controls his hands.
Saunders throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eron Saunders will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Denis Mamaev's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Saunders lands a body shot.
Mamaev walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Saunders lands with a good body shot.
Saunders blocks a low kick nicely.

Saunders moves into the clinch.
Saunders scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mamaev tries to work over Saunders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mamaev misses with some punches.
Saunders lands an uppercut.
Saunders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mamaev looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saunders throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Mamaev manages to break the clinch.
Mamaev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Saunders jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Eron Saunders is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Saunders - just one landing.

Mamaev is rocked!
BAM! Saunders delivers a spinning backfist that drops Mamaev like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Eron Saunders!
A relieved looking Eron Saunders thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Denis Mamaev had this to say: 'This is number one bullshit!'.